GC: n

S: UN – http://bit.do/ezN9H (last access: 31 October 2018); IIED – http://bit.do/ezN9C (last access: 31 October 2018).

N: 1. – human (adj): mid-15c., humain, humaigne, “human,” from Old French humain, umain (adj.) “of or belonging to man” (12c.), from Latin humanus “of man, human,” also “humane, philanthropic, kind, gentle, polite; learned, refined, civilized.” This is in part from PIE *(dh)ghomon-, literally “earthling, earthly being,” as opposed to the gods (see homunculus). Compare Hebrew adam “man,” from adamah “ground.” Cognate with Old Lithuanian zmuo (accusative zmuni) “man, male person.”
Human interest is from 1824. Human rights attested by 1680s; human being by 1690s. Human relations is from 1916; human resources attested by 1907, American English, apparently originally among social Christians and based on natural resources.
– settlement (n): 1620s, “act of fixing or steadying;” from settle (v.) + -ment. Meaning “a colony,” especially a new one, “tract of country newly developed” is attested from 1690s; that of “small village on the frontier” is from 1827, American English. Sense of “payment of an account” is from 1729; legal sense “a settling of arrangements” (of divorce, property transfer, etc.) is from 1670s.
2. A human settlement is an organized grouping of human habitation. Settlements can involve lots of people, like the city Andy lives in, or just a few, like the area out in the country where Jerome lives. Let’s look closer at human settlements, including the types and functions of settlements.

S: 1. OED – http://bit.do/ezPaF; http://bit.do/ezPaP (last access: 11 May 2016). 2. STUD – http://bit.do/ezPaV (last access: 11 May 2016).

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CR: refugee camp, shanty, shanty town.